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May Friendship Day at church OXFORD — May Friendship Day will be celebrated by Church Women United at 2 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Oxford Congregational Church. The program is titled "Swinging Wide the Doors of Hospitality." Refreshments will be served. All are we...

Otisfield tar sands hearing set for May 29

OTISFIELD — The public is invited to attend a May 29 forum to discuss the possibility of bringing tar sands slurry from Alberta, Canada, through Western Maine via the Portland-Montreal pipeline. Sponsored by the Otisfield Conservation Committee, the forum will be held at 7 p.m. at th...

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Boxberry School open house OXFORD — An open house will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at The Boxberry School, 301 Webber Brook Road.  The school offers an alternative approach to elementary education. Discover the Oxford Hills’ most cr...

Ranger: Juveniles lighting fireworks may have set off Otisfield fire

A firefighter sprays water on a woods fire off Rayville Road in Otisfield late Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported shortly after 4 p.m. Crews from Otisfield, Oxford, Norway, Paris, Casco, Sebago, Bridgton, Mechanic Falls, West Paris, Harrison and Poland worked for hours to extinguish it. T...

Agencies respond to woods fire in Otisfield

A firefighter sprays water on a woods fire off Rayville Road in Otisfield late Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported shortly after 4 p.m. Crews from Otisfield, Oxford, Norway, Paris, Casco, Sebago, Bridgton, Mechanic Falls, West Paris, Harrison and Poland worked for more than three hours to ... 1

'Barnologist' to speak at Otisfield Historical Society

OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Historical Society will open its new season of activities with a program about barns by a self-described "barnologist." The society will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Otisfield Community Hall. Jean Hankins of the society said the session w...

Otisfield cell tower case awaits court decision

OTISFIELD – The ongoing controversy over construction of a 180-foot cell tower on Scribner Hill continues without a finding by the court. “Nothing really has happened,” Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson said this week. “It's still status quo. Nothing has been decided....

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Kindergarten screening at OHCA PARIS — Oxford Hills Christian Academy, a K-12 school on East Main Street, will hold its kindergarten screening on Friday, May 10, beginning at 8:30. Incoming kindergarten students must turn 5 no later than Oct. 15. If you have a...

Otisfield Community School honor roll

OTISFIELD — Otisfield Community School announces awards for the second trimester of 2012-13 school year. The following students earned Academic Recognition Awards, meaning they met and/or exceeded grade level expectations in all academic areas, for the second trimest...

Maine Maritime Academy announces dean's list

CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy recently named students to their dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement in the first semester of the 2012-2013 academic year. Auburn: Robert Cloutier, power engineering technology, 2015; Cody Day, marine engineering op...